HoleTech™ Redone! (lots of photos)

[ToiIetDuck]

Well I temporarily decommissioned Holetech last year after a year in service and replaced the main desktop with a Chieftec case to give it a bit more room, and for a bit more silence.
I recently got a WD 80gb SE hard drive though, and had a K6-2 500, motherboard and a copy of linux lying around so i thought it was time to get Holetech going again.
I had a spare 400w powersupply which sounded a little like a jet fighter, so the first mod was to hack it apart and 7v the fans, which reduced the noise a fair bit. When i fired up the system for the frst time to test i noticed that the 40mm fan on the cpu wasnt exactly quiet either, so with some spare metal parts from my swiftec hsf i was able to mount an 80mm, adjustable smartfan 2 on the cpu, meaning that the with a little AS5 the k6-2 has never been so cool :)
Using some spare backplates from a dual usb backplate and a digital audio one i was able to get a spot to put the cpu fan controller (complete with posh aluminium knob i had lying around) and the power/reset switches as well as LEDs.
When wiring the case i tried to be as neat as possible, so pretty much all wires are hidden, and the harddrive is mounted backwards. I chose ribbon ide cable as its foldable, and imo much neater as it can be kept out of the way. I also fitted some spare Akasa paxmate i had around the case.

I got a tripod for christmas, so it was a good time to test it out:

PICS:

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0007.JPG
The smartfan 2 mounted onto the 40mm heatsink


http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0021.JPG
The pci slots - with a cheapo 10/100 NIC and a pci Radeon 7000 which I had to buy specially for the machine :mad:


http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0025.JPG
The rear of the machine, showing fan controller, switches and LEDs.



http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0026.JPG
Inside the machine with the lights off


http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0029.JPG
A 3/4 profile of Holetech in the dark

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0030.JPG
Side profile in the dark

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/slides/DSCF0037.JPG
Finally, Holetech in the daytime :)

Click here (http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetechredone/holetechredone.html) to see a full photo album (34 pics).

And to see how i made Holetech originally click here (http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mquint/holetech.html).

[RS3RS]

:eek: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to knock you over the head with something heavy and take your computer...

AWESOME job :D

[GlobalFear]

Great case, looks very cool at night.

[Nohpys]

Must be fun cleaning it out. Problems with dust?

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

looks stylish - I like it allot...

[jamezzz122]

Temps must be nice...

HoleTech looks like it can grate cheese:D

[phasmatis_nox]

Why the heck didn't I think of that.

[MasiveMunkey]

I would mount like 20 fans on it because you can basically put them anywhere on your case.

[ToiIetDuck]

as you said, mounting fans on it is dead easy, and if you look carefully you can see where i mounted fans before, but as i want the machine to be pretty quiet its gonna be stuck with the 2 psu fans and the cpu fan. The WD harddrive is loud enough anyway :mad:

[Tt Ownage]

looks aerodynamic....

did you get the idea from a G5 that u ran into at compusa?

lol

[retardedchicken]

i wonder if you could make it combust by filling up all of the cases space with intake fans:D

[Steak]

Nice idea. You might need to secure that HD a bit better:eek:

[ToiIetDuck]

Originally posted by Tt Ownage
looks aerodynamic....

did you get the idea from a G5 that u ran into at compusa?

lol
personally i feel the bloke who designed the G5 case was 'inspired' by a certain case that i made, considering I made the case nearly 8 months before G5 preview photos were being released :mad:
ah well, at least apple dont have a cathode in theirs :D